Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

I was lying in bed this morning thinking about the gunboat.  There is no way for the crew to see past the bofors gun so I am going to remove the wheelhouse(?) and rebuild it taller.

[Old Wombat]

Turbocat & the gunboat are my personal favourites!

Fitter & Super Et. are also looking very good.

[TheChronicOne]

Thanks Brad.  Glad you like it.

I must write part 2 of the History of the PDRV.  So far i've only got up to WW2.  I have made notes though.

All I've to say at this juncture is R.I.P. King Billy.

[zenrat]

For a single engined jet the Fitter sure is big.  It dwarfs the Super Etendard.

I cut the wheelhouse off the Gunboat today and built a new, substantially taller one incorporating a radar room out the back.  It spoils the lines of the British Power Boat Companies design but does mean that the driver will be able to see where he is going.

I've also started putting together the loadout for the Super Etendard - JASDF weapons from a Hasegawa set.

[NARSES2]

I was going to suggest having a steering/conning position in the extreme bow.

[Old Wombat]

I was going to suggest having a steering/conning position in the extreme bow.

Until the helmsman gets his head removed by a 40mm shell!

[Rick Lowe]

Hey there, Mr Z

I cut the wheelhouse off the Gunboat today and built a new, substantially taller one incorporating a radar room out the back.  It spoils the lines of the British Power Boat Companies design but does mean that the driver will be able to see where he is going.

One of the other ASR launch designs from WW2 was called the "Hants and Dorset", after the Bus company - the wheelhouses were like a block of flats!

http://www.bmpt.co.uk/uploads/Christian/2006-10-14_002841_raf2595_now_adelheid_small.jpg

... and the Vietnam Monitors/ATCs had the same sort of height to their cabins, so  there is precedent.

FWIW...

[PR19_Kit]

One of the other ASR launch designs from WW2 was called the "Hants and Dorset", after the Bus company - the wheelhouses were like a block of flats!

http://www.bmpt.co.uk/uploads/Christian/2006-10-14_002841_raf2595_now_adelheid_small.jpg

Cracking boats they were! 

When I was 10-11 I went to an RAF kid's camp at Calshot for a week and spent a lot of time whizzing round the Solent aboard a couple of H&Ds. As I recall they had three VERY LOUD engines!

[zenrat]

Thanks gents.
Here's where i'm at.  Obviously more work to do including a rooftop beer garden observation deck.

[NARSES2]

Thanks gents.
Here's where i'm at.  Obviously more work to do including a rooftop beer garden observation deck.

If it was being operated by the R.A.F. then a roof garden would probably be appropriate. Officers got to have somewhere for their drinkies 

[ericr]

Thanks gents.
Here's where i'm at.  Obviously more work to do including a rooftop beer garden observation deck.

oh, do keep the beer garden ! 

[Rick Lowe]

Thanks gents.
Here's where i'm at.  Obviously more work to do including a rooftop beer garden observation deck.

oh, do keep the beer garden ! 

As they were 'Messing About in Boats', rather than in the air, wouldn't Pink Gins be more appropriate?

Whichever, do keep on with the idea.

Chin, chin, cherio!

[zenrat]

What makes a pink gin pink?  Red Cordial? Bitters?
Biggles used to drink it before he was forced by political correctness to swap them for lemonade and quit the smokes.

[Rick Lowe]

From Wikipedia:

"Pink Gin is a cocktail made fashionable in England in the mid-19th century, consisting of Plymouth gin[1] and a dash of Angostura bitters, a dark red bitters that makes the whole drink pinkish. Lemon rind is also commonly used as a garnish, with the citrus oils subtly complementing the flavour."

Which I didn't know, either.

I much prefer Tonic with mine.

Cheers

[zenrat]

We have gin, tonic, bitters and lemons.  Maybe i'll try a comparison.

Thank you Rick.